1. assent, accede, acquiesce -- (to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore")

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"I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments, but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

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But as all my remonstrances produced no effect upon Queequeg, I was obliged to acquiesce and accordingly prepared to set about this business with a determined rushing sort of energy and vigor, that should quickly settle that trifling little affair. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville

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For the mind Of him, who hears, is loth to acquiesce And fix its faith, unless the instance brought Be palpable, and proof apparent urge.. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri

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'So it is,' acquiesced the undertaker. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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'No more they have,' acquiesced the undertaker. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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We acquiesced and followed him out of the room. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

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"No," he acquiesced "I heard it had happened very lately. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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He cheerfully acquiesced in this, and I gave him the same time as before for reduction. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker

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Toby acquiesced and they hurried through the main street of the little town, which at that late hour was wholly deserted. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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'No more we should,' acquiesced the Jew, who had been considering during this speech, and had only caught the last sentence. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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So when he announces they are moving to some other neighborhood, city or state she acquiesces with better grace than other types. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict

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She could not bear to see him suffering, to know him fancying himself neglected and though her understanding almost acquiesced in the assurance of both the Mr. - from Emma by Jane Austen